Koen de Kort
 De Kort at the 2008 Dreidaagse van West-Vlaanderen | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Koen de Kort |
| Born |
8 September 1982 Gouda, Netherlands |
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) |
| Weight | 70 kg (150 lb) |
| Team information | |
| Current team | Giant–Alpecin |
| Discipline | Road |
| Role | Rider |
| Rider type | All-rounder |
| Professional team(s) | |
| 2002–2004 | Rabobank GS3 |
| 2005–2006 | Liberty Seguros–Würth |
| 2007–2008 | Astana |
| 2009– | Skil–Shimano |
|
Infobox last updated on 23 July 2013 | |
Koen de Kort (born 8 September 1982) is a Dutch professional cyclist riding for the UCI ProTeam Giant–Alpecin.[1]
Biography
He was born in Gouda and grew up in Liempde. From 2002 to 2004, he was in the development team of the Rabobank cycling team. De Kort had a promising amateur career with wins in the Under 23 version of Paris–Roubaix. In 2005 he became professional with the ProTour team Liberty Serguros-Wurth of Manolo Saiz. That year he won a stage in the 2005 Tour de l'Avenir.[2] In 2007 De Kort joined the Astana. Following the positive tests for heterologous blood doping by team members Alexander Vinokourov and Andrey Kashechkin, Astana did not have much chance to compete in 2007 and was limited in 2008. Speaking to Dutch media, De Kort expressed his frustrations at not having the chance to compete after being in a similar situation in 2006 with the Liberty Serguros team. He left Astana at the end of the 2008 season, and joined the Skil-Shimano team.
Major results
- 2004
- 1st U-23 Paris–Roubaix
- 1st Grand Prix Eddy Merckx
- 1st Overall Ronde van Vlaams-Brabant
- 1st Stage 1
- 2nd National Championship U23 Cyclo-cross
- 3rd Overall Paris–Corrèze
- 2005
- 1st Stage 4 Tour de l'Avenir
- 2008
- 3rd Individual Time Trial Dutch Championships
- 4th Overall Ster Elektrotoer
- 2009
- 1st Suzuka Road Race in Japan
- 2010
- 9th Dutch Road Race Championships
- 9th Overall Tour of Britain
- 2012
- 3rd Dwars door Vlaanderen
- 7th Overall Ster ZLM Toer
References
- ↑ "ABOUT KOEN DE KORT". teamgiantalpecin.com. Retrieved 2015-07-22.
- ↑ "De Kort triumphs". Le Tour.fr. Retrieved 2007-08-17.
External links
Media related to Koen de Kort at Wikimedia Commons